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BuzzJack Music Forum _ 20th Century Retro _ REVIEW: Now That's What I Call Music! 31
Posted by: awardinary Mar 5 2017, 11:31 PM
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Origin: United Kingdom
Label: Virgin / EMI
Format: Double CD, Double Cassette, Vinyl
Duration: 2:27:35 (147 minutes 35 seconds)
Tracks: 40
#1s: 3
Chart Peak: #1 (4 weeks)
Sales: 600,000 (2x Platinum)
- Tracklisting
2. Edwyn Collins A Girl Like You 3:53 {4}
3. Pulp Common People 4:07 {2}
4. Supergrass Alright 2:57 {2}
5. Shaggy feat. Rayvon In The Summertime 3:45 {5}
6. Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper 4:02 {4}
7. Dana Dwason 3 Is Family 3:34 {9}
8. Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka Right In The Night (Fall In Love With Music) 3:47 {10}
9. East 17 Hold My Body Tight 3:39 {12}
10. Boyzone Key To My Life 3:45 {3}
11. Seal Kiss From A Rose 4:48 {4}
12. Kirsty MacColl Days 2:57 {12}
13. Human League One Man In My Heart 4:03 {13}
14. Portishead Sour Times 3:24 {13}
15. Oasis Some Might Say 5:26 {1}
16. Weezer Buddy Holly 2:40 {12}
17. Del Amitri Roll To Me 2:09 {22}
18. EMF / Reeves & Mortimer I'm A Believer 3:01 {3}
19. Duran Duran feat. Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five White Lines (Don't Do It) 5:25 {17}
20. Jimmy Somerville Hurt So Good 3:48 {15}
21. The Outhere Brothers Boom Boom Boom 3:14 {1}
22. MN8 I've Got A Little Something For You 3:39 {2}
23. Montell Jordan This Is How We Do It 3:39 {11}
24. D:Ream Shoot Me With Your Love 3:53 {7}
25. Baby D I Need Your Loving (Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime) 4:10 {3}
26. Jinny Keep Warm 3:13 {11}
27. Livin' Joy Dreamer 3:37 {1}
28. Whigfield Think Of You 4:00 {7}
29. Clock Whoomph! (There It Is) 3:31 {4}
30. Bobby Brown Humpin' Around 3:47 {8}
31. PJ & Duncan Stuck On U 3:16 {12}
32. Love City Groove Love City Groove 3:50 {7}
33. Ladysmith Black Mambazo feat. China Black Swing Low Sweet Chariot 3:47 {15}
34. Soul II Soul Love Enuff 3:39 {12}
35. Junior Vasquez Get Your Hands Off My Man 3:46 {22}
36. Shiva Freedom 3:25 {18}
37. Billie Ray Martin Your Loving Arms 4:14 {6}
38. Deuce I Need You 2:50 {10}
39. JX Son Of A Gun 3:13 {6}
40. Hyperlogic Only Me 4:01 {35}
Key
Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1s.
Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series.
The track duration has been highlighted cyan.
Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.
- Miscellaneous Facts
Lowest Charting Track: Hyperlogic Only Me {35}
Longest Song: Oasis Some Might Say 5:26
Shortest Song: Del Amitri Roll To Me 2:09
Edited Tracks: Unknown
Unedited Tracks: Unknown
Inlay Mistakes: None
Other Facts: N/A
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http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=178593
Posted by: awardinary Mar 5 2017, 11:34 PM
- Andrew's Review
Artwork Rating: 8/10 Extremely Good
Such a good cover design! I love the night lit city theme, especially from the birds eye view too. Doesn't scream a summer cover though, probably one I would have saved until the Autumn/Winter release. But still really good.
Disc 1 Favourite: Seal Kiss From A Rose
Seal's vocals were unmistakable during the 90s, and this hit was one of his best hits, a beautifully written ballad and one of the best love songs of all time. A close second place favourite would be In The Summertime by Shaggy feat. Rayvon.
Disc 2 Favourite: The Outhere Brothers Boom Boom Boom
One old school dance anthem from my childhood. I remember how addictive this song was at the time, and it was so catchy and I loved the energy it had. Took many years to discover who the artist was, but when I heard their other material which was on par with this hit, I could see why they were so big in 1995!
Overall Rating: 7/10 Very Good
There are some really great 90s sounds on this volume, one personal disappointment was the omission of the iconic 95 dance track Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) by Scatman John and with that included would have bumped up my overall Rating to an 8 or 9 possibly.
Andrew's Best 5 (as of March 2017)
1. The Outhere Brothers Boom Boom Boom
2. Livin' Joy Dreamer
3. Seal Kiss From A Rose
4. Shaggy feat. Rayvon In The Summertime
5. Pulp Common People
Andrew's Worst 5 (as of March 2017)
1. Del Amitri Roll On Me
2. Jimmy Somerville Hurt So Good
3. Duran Duran feat. Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five White Lines (Don't Do It)
4. Soul II Soul Love Enuff
5. PJ & Duncan Stuck On U
Posted by: HarryEzra Mar 6 2017, 09:52 AM
Artwork: 8/10 love the city theme!
Disc 1: Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper Swagger on point tbh
Disc 2: Livin Joy - Dreamer one of the best 90s dance 
Overall: 8/10 
Posted by: popchartfreak Mar 6 2017, 12:35 PM
keep0 repeating myself here, disc 1 has the poptabulous stuff, disc 2 (bar a few good ones) has a heap of trashy/cheesy dancepop...
Posted by: Jester Mar 6 2017, 09:35 PM
Easily one of the best now albums - some huge 90s classics! Pulp and Livin' Joy for me.
Posted by: gooddelta Mar 7 2017, 12:43 PM
I went for Seal on the first disc and a toss up between Livin' Joy and Deuce on the second but I opted for the latter, good to see I wasn't the only one! Classic track from the UK's Eurovision national final (beaten by Love City Groove...also here!)
Posted by: alt-Jade ∆ Mar 7 2017, 02:02 PM
You pretty much summed up my thoughts on the cover, Awardinary! Very pleasing design but one that would feel far more fitting for a release that was later in the year. Rated it 8/10.
The Seal and Supergrass songs on disc 1 are great but I of course went for Oasis! It is so satisfying that their peaks improved with each single until hitting #1 for the first time with 'Some Might Say'. What an ANTHEM, the guitar and vocals feel so uplifting. I am instantly drawn by the utterance of the title immediately and it never falters in quality from then on. <3 Once again disc 2 seemed far weaker. I went for 'Dreamer' by Livin' Joy as my disc 2 favourite as it's rather euphoric. Not quite as good as 'Don't Stop Movin' but still solid. I am usually on board with most 90s dance classics!
Gave it a 7/10 rating on the whole. Some great songs to take away from this one (yay at some particularly good Britpop and dance picks) but a lot of passable stuff on Disc 2 as well.
Posted by: DalekTurret32 Mar 11 2017, 09:47 PM
Favourites: Never Met A Girl Like You Before (Edwyn from Orange Juice), Alright (We are young, we are free), Kiss From A Rose, Common People, Here Comes The Hotstepper, 3 Is Family [kind of a guilty pleasure], Some Might Say, Buddy Holly, Sour Times, Son Of A Gun, Keep Warm, Boom Boom Boom, Dreamer, This Is How We Do It, Swing Low Sweet Chariot (nice to see some spiritual music on a NOW album), I Need Your Lovin' (Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime) [nice breakbeat rework of The Korgis classic.]
Posted by: Dobbo Mar 12 2017, 11:32 AM
So how to follow on from an absolute classic edition? Well, although this one is still very decent and contains some top 90s tracks it's a fair drop off from Now 30. Having said that it has a beautiful cover - LOVE that city night theme there, along with the very first Oasis #1 & my personal fave of the album, one of the best 90s dance songs ever in Dreamer really timeless anthem!
So overall I'll have to rank it as a 6/10. Some individual brilliance but a fair amount of filler & songs that I've forgotten how they go.
And here are the results of the Now 31 Rate hosted in June 2015:
1. Livin' Joy - Dreamer / 9.69
2. Oasis - Some Might Say / 8.83
3. Pulp - Common People / 8.76
4. Kirsty MacColl - Days / 8.23
5. Supergrass - Alright / 8.16
6. Seal - Kiss From A Rose / 8.15
7. Weezer - Buddy Holly / 7.90
8. Portishead - Sour Times / 7.84
9. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You / 7.83
10. JX - Son Of A Gun / 7.81
11. In Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper / 7.75
12. Jam & Spoon - Right In The Night / 7.45
13. Baby D - I Need Your Loving / 7.41
14. Jinny - Keep Warm / 7.16
15. Whigfield - Think Of You / 7.00
16. Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It / 6.69
17. Duran Duran - White Lines / 6.66
18. Billie Rae Martin - Your Lovin' Arms / 6.60
19. The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom / 6.38
20. Del Amitri - Roll To Me / 6.18
21. MN8 - I've Got A Little Something For You / 6.16
22. Dana Dawson - 3 Is Family / 6.00
23. Love City Groove - Love City Groove / 5.82
24. Human League - One Man In My Heart / 5.81
25. EMF - I'm A Believer / 5.58
26. Deuce - I Need You / 5.44
27. D:Ream - Shoot Me Down With Your Love / 5.10
28. Clock - Whoomph! / 5.07
29. Soul II Soul - Love Enuff / 4.90
30. Boyzone - Key To My Life / 4.75
31. Shaggy - Summertime / 4.53
32. Junior Vasquez - Get Your Hands Off My Man / 4.37
33. East 17 - Hold My Body Tight / 4.18
34. Bobby Brown - Humpin' Around / 4.00
35. Shiva - Freedom / 3.88
36. Hyperlogic - Only Me / 3.87
37. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / 3.81
38. PJ & Duncan - Stuck On You / 3.75
39. Wet Wet Wet - Don't Want To Forgive Me Now / 3.50
40. Jimmy Somerville - Hurt So Good / 3.09
It appears the favourite has not changed & I quite agree!
Posted by: fiesta Mar 12 2017, 01:37 PM
Voted Edwyn Collins and Livin Joy. Also like Weezer, Kirsty MacColl Oasis and Pulp
Posted by: mdh Mar 12 2017, 06:51 PM
TRACKS I LOVE:
2. Edwyn Collins A Girl Like You 3:53 {4}
3. Pulp Common People 4:07 {2}
11. Seal Kiss From A Rose 4:48 {4}
23. Montell Jordan This Is How We Do It 3:39 {11}
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